Suzhou Site Quality Lead

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise implementation of GMP (both medicine and health food), Medical Device, SOP and safety policy; ensure it meet related markets and Haleon standards.
• Ensure an efficient and technology-based quality management system, including change management, deviation, complaint handling, audit, improvement action, personnel health management, supplier management, material control, process control, traceability, etc., and ensure a continuous and effective process of document evaluation.
• Manage Suzhou site RA team (responsible for registration site initiated e.g. supplier, equipment and manufacturing process etc.) to ensure site registration process and all products comply with registration documents and Oversee the registration of site products together with Haleon China RA team / international Regulatory Affairs to ensure regulatory conformance.
• Ensure that raw materials, packaging materials, intermediate products, bulk products and finished products comply with the registration requirements and quality standards approved; Ensure the completion of necessary audit; Ensure the completion of inspection plan of product stability, provide the data of inspection about stability
• Ensure the completion of review of batch record before product release; Responsible for product release, ensure batch meet the production analytical registration requirement and meet product specification; File the related records. Maintain an efficient batch release process to enable the timely disposition of products. Ensure all the significant deviation and OOS is investigated and get timely managed. Ensure all the complaints related to product quality get investigated and get timely and properly dealt with. Participate AE report, product recall etc quality management activity.
• Approve quality standard, sampling process, test process and other quality operation procedure. Audit and approve all the change control related to quality. Approve and supervise inspection commission and contract manufacturing. Ensure the completion of production quality review and analysis.
• Review and approve the confirmation or validation report.
• Access and approve materials suppliers. Confirm and monitor the storage condition of materials and products.
• Supervise facility and equipment’s maintenance are in good operation conditions.
• Lead and drive site compliance training system to ensure employees are competent and appropriately qualified to perform their jobs and ensuring all internal and external requirements are adhered to.
• Responsible for Department people development, improve employee engagement; Ensure a robust and credible succession plan is in place for all key roles within Quality.
• Champion the interests of Quality in all management meetings or in any other interactions at the Haleon JV Suzhou sites. And participate & support the execution of site EHS management system.
• Effectively manage the audit program.  Ensuring ongoing acceptable audit status from internal and external audits. This includes adequate corrective and preventative action (CAPA) development for each major or critical observation arising from any audit, and monitoring progress against these actions on at least a quarterly basis.
• Effectively manage site Quality Council.  Operation of a governance process to ensure risk escalation, management and mitigation for Quality and Compliance issues (Quality Council). This includes evaluating the performance system utilised at site that requires management, allocate a certain percentage of time to monitoring and governance to assure appropriate checks and balances are sustainable.
• Accountable for functional risk management, includes proactive risk identification, assessment and mitigation plan development.
• Ensuring that a timely and effective communication and escalation process exists to raise quality issues to the appropriate levels of management.
• Accountable for functional annual budget and resource management to achieve the target.
• Ensure that understand and comply with the applicable requirements of national and local laws, regulations, policies on Quality & EHS, the company's management system, Quality & EHS standards and policies, as well as make a consistent with company’s standard operation procedures.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or above degree, major in pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences or related disciplines
• More than 10 years experiences of production and quality management. Have experience of quality control and quality assurance. Or equipped with equivalent knowledge and kill assessed by site. (e.g. sufficient training), Experience with GMP (China, PICS, WHO) and quality system auditing
• Skill in using computer and office software
• Good English in all aspects, capable to communicate with foreigners about production management and technical equipment
• Strong leadership and team management ability, planning, communication and coordination skill
• Strong analysis and problem-solving ability
• Performance with Integrity, People with Passion, Accountability for Achievement

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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Note to candidates

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